Title:
John D. Rockefeller at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Creator:
Robert D. Lanier
Subject:
People
People associated with commercial activities
Philanthropists
Sports
Golf
Nature
Land
John D. Rockefeller
Description:
John D. Rockefeller. The veteran founder of one of the greatest business enterprises ever created by the brain of man, and
possibly the most remarkable figure the business world has yet produced is still an habitué of the golf links at the age of
91. Smiling, and with a twinkle, he remarks on the various strokes of his consistently good game. "I play golf," he explained,
"because it bans conceit." And John D. Rockefeller's innate, unassumed modesty and unobtrusiveness are striking. His success
he attributes to others and their co-operation while he insists on minimizing his own achievements. Phenomenal financial
success made Rockefeller the world's first billionaire, and with his affluence and a universal sympathy he became the pioneer
of philanthropy whose gifts, the greatest group in history for the well-being of mankind, have totaled far more than a billion
dollars. Born in 1839, at Richford, New York, his education at various places ended in Cleveland when at 16 he found work
as an office boy and assistant bookkeeper at a salary of $3.50 a week. He advanced, and the fourth year asked $800.00 salary.
Offered $700.00, he resigned and began a produce business whose volume amounted to $500,000 the first year. At 21 he became
interested in oil, and at 25 he was well founded in the business. The combination idea came, and company after company was
added to Standard Oil. Founded in 1870, it became, within ten years, the most important factor in the petroleum industry.
Earnings were so vast that figures seemed fantastic, for oil became the giant of our national products. Production in 1930
was at the rate of 3,200,000 barrels a day in the United States. Rockefeller retired from business in 1911, and today has
but 15 per cent interest in the Standard Oil Companies.
Publisher:
Keystone View Company
Contributor:
Gifford M. Mast
Date:
1930
Type:
Photography
Format:
Stereo card 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
Identifier:
1996.0009.32595
Language:
eng
Coverage:
North and Central America
United States
Florida
Volusia
Daytona Beach
Latitude: 29 12 N
Longitude: 081 01 W
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John D. Rockefeller at Daytona Beach, Florida.